Test Execution Spanning Cloud and Local Devices

Abstract

A test system for a managed cloud computing environment may have a management system that may recruit devices in the cloud and outside the cloud to perform a test on a cloud based application. Each device may execute an agent that connects the device to several cloud services for messaging, data collection, and executable code storage. The management system may identify and gather the devices, then cause the devices to execute a test by sending commands through the messaging service. The devices may access executable code for the specific tasks of a test through the code storage service, and as the devices complete tasks for the test, the devices may publish results in the data collection service. The test system enables any type of scenario to be implemented, including operations that can only be performed inside and outside the managed cloud environment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 determining a list of available devices, said available devices comprising available cloud based devices and available non-cloud based devices;   selecting at least one available cloud based device of the available devices;   selecting at least one available non-cloud based device of the available devices;   launching a test, said test being defined as a sequence of tasks, a first task being a task being performed by said at least one non-cloud based device and a second task being performed by said at least one cloud based device;   collecting task results from said at least one non-cloud based device and said at least one cloud based device.